Accurate climate monitoring inside and out is critical for all new LEED certified construction projects. Especially true with new commercial sites, the monitoring is done in order to assure a new building meeting qualified standards of energy efficiency and energy use.

Green building construction professionals often are looking for a reliable maintenance free weather monitoring device to integrate into the control system of a building that will control the functionality of the heating and cooling system as well as control things like automatic window coverings and water heaters.

All-In-One Weather Station

Lufft, a manufacturer of high quality German weather monitoring equipment for the last 125 years, recently released a new version of its intelligent all-in-one weather station as plug and play for home and industrial. The sensors are now compatible with most any brand of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) that communicates via MODBUS data stream. The compact and efficient weather stations also can be configured via ASCII digital language, SDI-12 or UMB.

The WS series of compact weather stations by Lufft are unrivaled in price to performance ratio. WS200-WS600 and VENTUS/V200A ultrasonic anemometer models are designed with different levels of functionality to meet specific weather monitoring needs of any application. The top-of-the-range model, the WS600, measures temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind direction and wind speed.

The robust VENTUS model is ideal for wind turbine applications as it includes a 240W heater for use in cold weather climates. All models are covered to protect from the elements and can be integrated into any building control system.